Try to stick to Osttruppen and not me
He's said multiple times why exatcly osttruppen are still high tier pick in 1v1s, because they're efficient.
Ignoring him when he says that doesn't mean he didn't say it.
I understand where you're coming from, though. In modes other than 1v1 osttruppen fall short because they just get walked on later in thw game.
I fondly remember General Mud games calling in osttruppen and very aggressively playing with cover, pushing soviets out with osttruppen and pioneers. Osttruppen just don't have a place in the other modes now that they're built in T1 IMO.